Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-05
STILL AT ST. LOUIS
A VARIED PROGRAMME FOR YTBrgs.
DAYS fNTgETBISnKEr.
a Reception and TIP Down the wisais
sinpi in The Eornirg-Bal and OtAer
Festivities At Hight.
by telegraph to Tie Dispatch.l

HtitN'Nn az iIitliiEi lU5i llDii. huN lNt
/ professions and brass bands Were
moving aimlcsslv up and down be.or.
the hotel before breakfast this morn
! ing.
- c President anl Mrs. Clevclan 7.
! despite the continuous round of star.
! fpauPlcd Hospitality which they have
t1I cricnccd, are IN excellent health
ANA spirits Towns and cities all along
Ntlc Inc Of travel otwhjch it is proposed
10 make stoTs have sent kilograms 10
| Colonel Lamont asking that more time
bee given and places not on the lie are
urging that visits bc paid them. In
/ every case so far q reply has been sent
20 tie effect that it viii be impossible
ia Change the programme
Today s programme Of the eutortlin-
| mont comprchendcd reception, boat
ride, ridc to tie fairgrounds, q g)r-
| ecous cycnug pageant, bali, and de-
Ymtare for Chicago.
RECEPTION OF COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
st 9 o'clock the President was met
1T the hotel by committee and cs-
coiicd to the courthouse under the
protection Of a troop If mounted po-
| Dee. The programme for two hours
vaS "a reception Of the Commercial
IuyeliGs' Association OF ST. Louis
and such other citizens as should find
opportunity to make their way to him.
w. other words, it was strictly q public
reception. The rotunla Of tine court
house WAS handsomely decorated with
| 'Hc!ereens and bunting, and on the
stop Of a rIchly-curtaiucd plgOda
tie President took the Land OF each
man MS he passed. About 500 travel
ling men had returned to the city
for the occasion, and passed by IN single
file. Following them was q crowd. an J
II e. handwriting continued until 1890.
hc shakcrs had all sorts OF grips, and
IT vas often necessary for the President
go twist his hand from the hearty grasp.
Ono old lady became SO enthusiastic
tiat She attempted 10 kiss the Presi-
don't. but Lc declined, and she wls
moved down tLe line howildI.d.
TRIP oN TILE 3usa uoHI.
The reception over, I'll, President
hurried to bis carriage through side
entrance and was driven o. the cxcur-
sion loat City of Baton Rouge, lying
at the foot Of Chestnut street. At the
-an time Mrs. Cleveland left tie Lin
doh House, and was aholrl the boat
itv minutes later than ihc President,
4d ;bc vessel steamed down tae
uyer for "A trip to Jefferson bar
racks. The saloon OF the vessel
VAS handsomely decorated with flow
C. The United States arsenal
.aud was ia attendance. There were
t'tVctn three and four hundred iu-
,..cd guests on board, including nom
t,.s Of the lToquois Club OF Chicago
md number Of Grni-Army men,
y lc TIP Was cotton mp as q relief for
the resident and Mrs. Cleveland from
the almost constant round OF re-
CDptions and other more or less
CsaciIug festivities ashore. and in
tbs regard was decided sue
cess. HE Mississippi-riyer scenery.
though not inspiring rs scenery, has an
absorbing interest of its own for sirIn-
gers, and can nowhere be seen SO well
as from the deck Of a steamer. The
boat ran down stream about eight miles,
TUNED, and reached the landing again at
laipast T.. An accompanying cxcur-
siOu-boat fired artillery salutes, while
tugs, steamers, and locomotives on both
lorcs did their best with steam wits.
Ties 10 make the trip interesting aud
they succeeded.
A STEAM SALUTE.
At the turning point stand immense
ro.liDp-mill establishments. which ais |
tnm the focus of o series Of railway
tracks. Moreover, at this time several |
steam vessels were lyingat the wharycs. |
As tie Presidents boat approached an |
IDLE locomotive gave a peculiar whistle |
III imitation OF a Growing cock, tug
on the river responded in kind. |
"a locomotive on the east bank
caught the cry, and two or three
others up and down the stream
echoed il. Then the steamers mt the
landing, and finally dozen or more
Whistles Of mills opened their Threats,
md cCck-a-doodle- docs, hoarse, shril, |
raspy. in every tone OF the gamut
came from the four quarters Of the
compass. 1t was entertaining. but a
few minutes of this concert was
enough.
The afternoon was meVentful. The
presidential party were escorted in car
-iagcs from the boat to tine fair
rounds, where they became the guests
IF the Fair Association and lunched
with a party Of thirty or forty ladies
md gentlemen in the clubhouse.
Lunch over, they proceeded to the
Tand stand aud witnessed some trot-
Iug-mccs and returned to the hotel for
INNER.
THE EVENINGS STREET PAGEANT.
in the evening the President and
,lrS Cleveland witnessed grand street
ageant Of Yelled Prophets, illustrating
" twenty-five floats some of the events
II biblical history, beginning with the
Pawn OF History, the Expulsion Of Lu-
ifcr, Egyptian Captivity, Scenes Of
Zxodus, Phihstines, Prophets, Events
f Daniel, Jonah, and Josiah's lives,
Var scenes, and ending with the
amOus BelsbaZZars Feast. The pro
ession moved without interruption
nd WAS about on hour in passing.
throughout its length 1t was illumi-
atcd with colored lights besides the
lare from q hundred thousand gas
is especially erected for the carnival
he crowds along the line Of march
-ere very dense. From Fourth to
sixth street along Washington avenue
asamass Of humanity. leaving scarcely
Dom enough for the floats to pass 10y.
he police were unable to control the
eople but the moving column kept
n open way. ,
THE yIILED PROPHETS BALL.
Az o'clock the last car had passed
V the Lindell Hotel balcony, and the
resident and Mrs. Cleveland were i'm
iediately conveyed to the Merchants
building, in the great hall Of
hich was to be held the Yelled Pro-
bets ball. They were received in the l